Mop



J. GUY

MOP

March 17, 1925.

, Filed Dec. :50. 1922 Patented Mar. 17, 1925 UNETED S TAT-ES PATENTorrlcs.

amass GUY, on Kansas CITY, MIssoUar.

np'piicatiou fried December 30, 1922.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES, GUY, a citizen of the United States,residingat Kansas Citv, in the county of Jackson and State oi Missouri,have invented a new and useful Mop, of" which the following is aspecification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a mop, andone object of the invention is to provide novel means whereby twoseparate bodies maybe held securely together thereby formi a twin mop,the construction being such teat either of the constituent parts of themop may be removed and renewed readily. Another object of the inventionis to provide a mop which will work flat on the floor, the constructionbeing such that furniture and the like, will not be marred or injuredwhen struck by the mop. Another object of the invention is to provide amop which can be assembled simply and cheaply.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices of that type to which the inventionappertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that within the scope of whatis claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown canbe made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in elevation, a deviceconstructed in accordance with the invention, parts being broken away;Figure 2 is a section on the line 22 of Figure 1; Figure 3 is a sectionon the line 3-3 of Figure 1; Figure 4 is a section on the line 4-4; of

Figure 1, the view being in substance, and

end elevation of the clamp; Figure 5 is a diagrammatic view illustratingthe way in which the body of the mop is made.

The clamp portion of the mop comprises two metal jaws of identicalconstruction each jaw embodying a base plate 2 carrying a centraltrough-shaped rib 3 which may be denominated a main rib, the rib beingprovided adjacent to its outer end with an opening 4. The base plate 2carries auxiliary or side ribs 5, these ribs being trough-shaped,

Serial No. 699,998.

like the main rib 3, and being located on opposite sides of the mainrib. Each side rib 5 has inwardly prolonged extension 6 which mergesinto the main rib 3 and communicates therewith. The ribs 5 6 areconnected with the rib 8, and with the base plate 2, by a web 7 whichextends longituchnally of the clamp. A. transverseflange 8 connects theupper portion of each rib 5 6 with the intermediate portion of the rib3. The rib 3 is provided intermediate its ends 7 with a rectangularopening 9. The ribs 5-'6 form, in the inner surface of each jaw 1, anL-shaped socket 10, as shown at the right hand side of Figure 1.

When the jaws 1 are placed together as shown in Figure 3, the ribs 3cooperate to form a tubular central socket 11, and in the lower end ofthe clamp there are open ings formed by notches 12 in the base plate 2,these notches communicating with the lower ends of the L-shaped sockets10. A handle 1a is inserted into the tubular ce=ntral socket 11 and maybe held therein in any suitable way, for instance, by securing 80elements (not shown) mounted in the openings 4t. Preferably, however,the handle 14- is held in place by a securing element 15, such as a.bolt, passing through a transverse opening 19 which is formed in thehandle. The bolt 15 has a head 16 and a polygonal neck 17, the head ofthe bolt abutting against the part 3 of one jaw 1, and the bolt beingheld against rotation, because the neck 17 of the bolt is received inthe correspondingly shaped opening 9. A wing nut 18 is threaded on thebolt and bears against the part 3 of the corresponding jaw 1. I The bodyof the mop consists of two members, and each of these members is held bya retainer, including a loop-shaped head 20 a shank 21 and a lateral arm22 on the shank, the retainer preferably being made of a piece of heavywire which is twisted to form the shank 21 and the arm 22. The body ofthe mop is made of twine, fiber, rags or any other suitable material,and in cludes an inner member 23 which is engaged or wrapped, in aplurality of convolutions as shown at 2 1 about the outer end of theloop-shaped head 20 of the retainer, the said inner member having ashort end 25. The outer member 26 of the mop is of U-shape, and passesthrough the head 20 of the retainer, the inner member 23 of the body ofthe mop lying between the side arms of the outer member 26. In thetwisting of the shank 21, the loop-shaped head 20 is tightened about theconstituent members 23 and 26 of the mop body. The shanks 21 of theretainers pass through the openings formed by the notches 12, the shanks21 and the arms 22 of the retainers lying in the L-shaped sockets 10 andbeing bound tightly therein by the action of the bolt 15 and the nut 18on the constituent jaws l of the device.

he member :43 acts as a spreader or core for the outer member 26, andthe part 24 serves to prevent the member 26 from wearing due to contactwith the bottom portion of the head 20.

lVhat is claimed is 2- 1. In a device of the class describedya headcomprising a looped mop holder, and mop material having an inner portionwrapped in a plurality of convolutions about the bottom of the holder,and a U- shaped outer portion passing through the holder and housingsaid inner portion.

2. In a device of the class described, a clamp comprising a pair of jawsprovided with elements which cooperate to form a central socket, thejaws being supplied, upon their inner surfaces, and upon each side ofthe socket, with cooperating inverted L- shaped grooves which extendupwardly from the bottom of the clamp and inwardly adjacent to the topof the clamp; a looped mop holder disposed below the bottom Off thesocket, and provided with L-shaped shanks received in the grooves, ahandle in the socket, and tightening device engaged with the jaws andwith the handle.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afliXedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES GUY Vitnesses M. BINGHAM, W. J. SKEEN.

